Question about palace interior scenes
Some of the palace hallway scenes look alot like the ballroom scenes in MY FAIR LADY. Any chance?
shareReportedly all those scenes are in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_Palace ), but I haven't been able to find the rooms in any online photos.
CORRECTION: After posting this, I found that the ballroom scenes were not at the Schönbrunn Palace at all.
They were at the Imperial Palace in the same city, see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/board/flat/234541921?d=257782441#257782441
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According to the notes here at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt
the entire film (MFL) was done on sound stages at Warner Bros, not on location.
Also, the actor who played the British Ambassador at the Ball (Henry Daniell), died a few hours after filming the scene, at his home in Santa Monica.
Possibly the set designer had been involved in both films, and may have made sets to resemble the real palace...
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